dad

adverb. down

dadnuv-

verb. *to sink, go down

A verb form of ᴱN. dadnuin “sinking (down)” in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s (PE13/164), so probably meaning “✱to sink, go down”. It had a 3rd. sg. form dadnú and a masculine form dadnuveg, implying a stem form dadnuv- where the v vanished after u when final. It seems to be a combination of ᴱN. dad “down” and ᴱN. nuv- “sink, set” (PE13/151, 164).

dadnuin

adjective. sinking (down)

A word in the Early Noldorin Dictionary of the 1920s, appearing as {dadnún >>} dadnuin, variously glossed “sinking down” (PE13/161) or “sinking” with the caveat that it was “now only used of going downhill, down stairs, etc.” (PE13/164). It may be a verbal noun of ᴱN. dadnuv- “✱sink down”, or it could be a combination of ᴱN. dad “down” and ᴱN. dad “down” and ᴱN. nuin “sinking”, the latter apparently a verbal noun of ᴱN. nuv- “sink, set” (PE13/151, 164).

dadvenn

adverb/adjective. downhill; (figuratively) easy-going, easy, not arduous

dadvinn

noun. downhill slope; rash course, impetus, path to destruction